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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. LOCO

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15.44 USD +0.56 (+3.76%)

Nov 9, 2026, 2:10 PM EST

15.05 Day range 15.75
9.99 52-week range 17.40
YTD
+47.61%
1 year
+47.75%

Financial health

Altman Z-Score

2.09 Grey zone

Bankruptcy-risk model: below 1.81 distress, above 2.99 safe.

Piotroski F-Score

4 / 9 Average

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency.

Rating

A4 / 5 overall

  • DCF 3
  • Return on Equity 4
  • Return on Assets 4
  • Debt / Equity 4
  • P/E 3
  • P/B 4

Valuation

P/E 11.5×
FY 2016: 25.6×FY 2017: 45.0×FY 2018: -66.0×FY 2019: 22.3×FY 2020: 26.0×FY 2021: 17.3×FY 2022: 17.5×FY 2023: 12.1×FY 2024: 13.7×FY 2025: 11.5×
FY 2016 5y median 13.7× FY 2025
P/S 0.6×
FY 2016: 1.2×FY 2017: 0.9×FY 2018: 1.3×FY 2019: 1.3×FY 2020: 1.5×FY 2021: 1.1×FY 2022: 0.8×FY 2023: 0.7×FY 2024: 0.7×FY 2025: 0.6×
FY 2016 5y median 0.7× FY 2025
P/B 1.1×
FY 2016: 1.8×FY 2017: 1.4×FY 2018: 2.2×FY 2019: 2.3×FY 2020: 2.3×FY 2021: 1.6×FY 2022: 1.3×FY 2023: 1.2×FY 2024: 1.4×FY 2025: 1.1×
FY 2016 5y median 1.3× FY 2025
P/FCF 12.0×
FY 2016: 39.7×FY 2017: 21.8×FY 2018: 33.2×FY 2019: 26.9×FY 2020: 18.9×FY 2021: 14.4×FY 2022: 19.4×FY 2023: 16.0×FY 2024: 12.7×FY 2025: 12.0×
FY 2016 5y median 14.4× FY 2025
EV/EBITDA 9.3×
FY 2016: 11.4×FY 2017: 15.2×FY 2018: 71.4×FY 2019: 14.4×FY 2020: 17.7×FY 2021: 12.5×FY 2022: 13.2×FY 2023: 10.5×FY 2024: 10.8×FY 2025: 9.3×
FY 2016 5y median 10.8× FY 2025
EV/Sales 1.1×
FY 2016: 1.5×FY 2017: 1.2×FY 2018: 1.5×FY 2019: 1.9×FY 2020: 2.1×FY 2021: 1.6×FY 2022: 1.3×FY 2023: 1.2×FY 2024: 1.3×FY 2025: 1.1×
FY 2016 5y median 1.3× FY 2025
FCF Yield 8.3%
FY 2016: 2.5%FY 2017: 4.6%FY 2018: 3.0%FY 2019: 3.7%FY 2020: 5.3%FY 2021: 7.0%FY 2022: 5.1%FY 2023: 6.2%FY 2024: 7.9%FY 2025: 8.3%
FY 2016 5y median 7.0% FY 2025

Profitability

Gross Margin 28.6%
FY 2016: 24.7%FY 2017: 24.0%FY 2018: 22.1%FY 2019: 21.9%FY 2020: 22.0%FY 2021: 21.8%FY 2022: 17.8%FY 2023: 19.9%FY 2024: 21.9%FY 2025: 28.6%
FY 2016 5y median 21.8% FY 2025
Operating Margin 8.7%
FY 2016: 9.1%FY 2017: 1.7%FY 2018: -2.2%FY 2019: 8.7%FY 2020: 7.9%FY 2021: 9.1%FY 2022: 6.4%FY 2023: 8.5%FY 2024: 8.7%FY 2025: 8.7%
FY 2016 5y median 8.7% FY 2025
Net Margin 5.4%
FY 2016: 4.8%FY 2017: 2.1%FY 2018: -2.1%FY 2019: 5.6%FY 2020: 5.7%FY 2021: 6.4%FY 2022: 4.4%FY 2023: 5.5%FY 2024: 5.4%FY 2025: 5.4%
FY 2016 5y median 5.4% FY 2025
ROE 9.1%
FY 2016: 6.9%FY 2017: 3.1%FY 2018: -3.4%FY 2019: 10.1%FY 2020: 8.8%FY 2021: 9.4%FY 2022: 7.4%FY 2023: 10.2%FY 2024: 9.9%FY 2025: 9.1%
FY 2016 5y median 9.4% FY 2025
ROIC 5.5%
FY 2016: 4.8%FY 2017: 1.6%FY 2018: -1.9%FY 2019: 4.9%FY 2020: 4.9%FY 2021: 5.5%FY 2022: 4.0%FY 2023: 5.4%FY 2024: 5.0%FY 2025: 5.5%
FY 2016 5y median 5.4% FY 2025
ROA 4.4%
FY 2016: 3.9%FY 2017: 1.9%FY 2018: -2.0%FY 2019: 4.0%FY 2020: 4.0%FY 2021: 4.7%FY 2022: 3.5%FY 2023: 4.3%FY 2024: 4.3%FY 2025: 4.4%
FY 2016 5y median 4.3% FY 2025

Growth (YoY)

Revenue 3.6%
FY 2016: 7.1%FY 2017: 5.7%FY 2018: 8.5%FY 2019: 1.5%FY 2020: -3.7%FY 2021: 6.6%FY 2022: 3.4%FY 2023: -0.3%FY 2024: 0.9%FY 2025: 3.6%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Operating Income 3.1%
FY 2016: -29.1%FY 2017: -80.3%FY 2018: -238.6%FY 2019: 505.1%FY 2020: -12.4%FY 2021: 23.2%FY 2022: -27.1%FY 2023: 32.1%FY 2024: 3.5%FY 2025: 3.1%
FY 2016 FY 2025
EPS (diluted) 4.7%
FY 2016: -24.2%FY 2017: -53.2%FY 2018: -204.5%FY 2019: 391.3%FY 2020: 1.5%FY 2021: 17.6%FY 2022: -28.8%FY 2023: 29.8%FY 2024: 16.2%FY 2025: 4.7%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Free Cash Flow -8.2%
FY 2016: -56.2%FY 2017: 46.6%FY 2018: 1.2%FY 2019: 17.3%FY 2020: 63.6%FY 2021: 3.5%FY 2022: -46.9%FY 2023: 3.9%FY 2024: 43.1%FY 2025: -8.2%
FY 2016 FY 2025

Financial Health

Current Ratio 0.1×
FY 2016: 0.8×FY 2017: 0.4×FY 2018: 0.3×FY 2019: 0.3×FY 2020: 0.5×FY 2021: 0.7×FY 2022: 0.5×FY 2023: 0.3×FY 2024: 0.3×FY 2025: 0.1×
FY 2016 5y median 0.3× FY 2025
Quick Ratio 0.1×
FY 2016: 0.7×FY 2017: 0.4×FY 2018: 0.2×FY 2019: 0.3×FY 2020: 0.4×FY 2021: 0.6×FY 2022: 0.5×FY 2023: 0.3×FY 2024: 0.2×FY 2025: 0.1×
FY 2016 5y median 0.3× FY 2025
Debt / Equity 0.8×
FY 2016: 0.4×FY 2017: 0.3×FY 2018: 0.3×FY 2019: 1.3×FY 2020: 0.9×FY 2021: 0.8×FY 2022: 0.9×FY 2023: 1.1×FY 2024: 1.0×FY 2025: 0.8×
FY 2016 5y median 0.9× FY 2025
Net Debt / EBITDA 4.0×
FY 2016: 2.0×FY 2017: 2.8×FY 2018: 7.4×FY 2019: 5.1×FY 2020: 5.0×FY 2021: 3.6×FY 2022: 5.2×FY 2023: 4.8×FY 2024: 4.6×FY 2025: 4.0×
FY 2016 5y median 4.6× FY 2025
Interest Coverage 9.5×
FY 2016: 11.0×FY 2017: 2.1×FY 2018: -2.7×FY 2019: 10.4×FY 2020: 10.2×FY 2021: 22.7×FY 2022: 18.0×FY 2023: 8.3×FY 2024: 7.0×FY 2025: 9.5×
FY 2016 5y median 9.5× FY 2025

Dividends

Dividend Yield 0.0%
FY 2016: 0.0%FY 2017: 0.0%FY 2018: 0.0%FY 2019: 0.0%FY 2020: 0.0%FY 2021: 0.0%FY 2022: 15.3%FY 2023: 0.0%FY 2024: 0.0%FY 2025: 0.0%
FY 2016 5y median 0.0% FY 2025
Payout Ratio 0.0%
FY 2016: 0.0%FY 2017: 0.0%FY 2018: 0.0%FY 2019: 0.0%FY 2020: 0.0%FY 2021: 0.0%FY 2022: 267.2%FY 2023: 0.0%FY 2024: 0.0%FY 2025: 0.0%
FY 2016 5y median 0.0% FY 2025

Annual · latest fiscal year ends 2025-12-31